Can I name my baby Moxie?

[Anonymous]

Please no. It sounds like an abbreviated way to say 'amoxicillin.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you? Sure.

Should you? Absolutely not.

This is my instinct but I saw earlier in the thread you also liked the name Mary but were worried it was too religious or basic. I think you should name your daughter Mary and if she seems like a Moxie when she's small use that as a nickname. She'll either grow up introducing herself to everyone as Moxie or decide she wants to be Mary in school/professionally and/or keep Moxie only as a cute family pet name. If she turns out not to be a Moxie kind of kid, Mary is a nice versatile name I don't think people use enough these days! FWIW it doesn't read as especially religious to me.

[Anonymous]

I like it. I like the name Tenacity as well.

[Anonymous]

Only if the middle name is Crimefighter.

PLEASE don't do this, just use it as a nickname.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- I literally wanted to do this also 12 years ago when I found out I was having a girl. I really, really wanted to. I loved the name and what it said about my future child.

I'm so glad I didn't though because my actual child is so not "Moxie" to the outside world that she might have been made fun of if given that name. She observes the world first before joining in. As a small child she was hesitant and shy. Having that name would have drawn more attention to her in an unpleasant way for her. And it wouldn't have fit her.

You don't know how your child will be.

Anyway, it was so weird to read your post after I went through this same dilemma 12 years ago! What a ride! Good luck!

Somebody should pin this. I feel like pregnant people always want to come up with these really unique names so their kid doesn’t seem ordinary. But you don’t really know what your kid’s personality will be, and also your kid WILL. be special and unique in their own name, even with the most plain Jane name. (See, for example, Jane Lynch—would anyone call her basic? No. She OWNS that name.). I feel lke a baby’s name should be like a basic black dress—she’ll be wearing it every day for the rest of her life so you want it to be something she can make her own as she grows into it.

So lame. I have a #1 name from the year I was born and I can’t stand it. It’s a basic b name and I don’t own it because everyone else is named the same. Wish my mom had named me something more unique or had been even the least bit creative. There’s nothing to grow into because it’s a lame, common name.

Listen, Sarah, get yourself some help. Your name does not define you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP -- I literally wanted to do this also 12 years ago when I found out I was having a girl. I really, really wanted to. I loved the name and what it said about my future child.

I'm so glad I didn't though because my actual child is so not "Moxie" to the outside world that she might have been made fun of if given that name. She observes the world first before joining in. As a small child she was hesitant and shy. Having that name would have drawn more attention to her in an unpleasant way for her. And it wouldn't have fit her.

You don't know how your child will be.

Anyway, it was so weird to read your post after I went through this same dilemma 12 years ago! What a ride! Good luck!

Somebody should pin this. I feel like pregnant people always want to come up with these really unique names so their kid doesn’t seem ordinary. But you don’t really know what your kid’s personality will be, and also your kid WILL. be special and unique in their own name, even with the most plain Jane name. (See, for example, Jane Lynch—would anyone call her basic? No. She OWNS that name.). I feel lke a baby’s name should be like a basic black dress—she’ll be wearing it every day for the rest of her life so you want it to be something she can make her own as she grows into it.

So lame. I have a #1 name from the year I was born and I can’t stand it. It’s a basic b name and I don’t own it because everyone else is named the same. Wish my mom had named me something more unique or had been even the least bit creative. There’s nothing to grow into because it’s a lame, common name.

If you are lame and basic it's not because of your name.

You’re functionally illiterate.

[Anonymous]

Do you like the soda?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please no. It sounds like an abbreviated way to say 'amoxicillin.'

this!! I used to dog sit for a dog named Moxie and it always sounded like medicine to me!

[Anonymous]

If Kartrashians can name their babies North West or Stormy, you can name your baby whatever you want…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Penn Jillette's daughter is Moxie Crimefighter. So, sure, why not.

What the fuxie?

You win. I'm dying, thanks to the coffee that just came out of my nose.

😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please no. It sounds like an abbreviated way to say 'amoxicillin.'

this!! I used to dog sit for a dog named Moxie and it always sounded like medicine to me!

No it doesn't. I don't think Moxie is a great name choice for a child, but the two of you are just being dumb and wearing your ignorance like a badge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP -- I literally wanted to do this also 12 years ago when I found out I was having a girl. I really, really wanted to. I loved the name and what it said about my future child.

I'm so glad I didn't though because my actual child is so not "Moxie" to the outside world that she might have been made fun of if given that name. She observes the world first before joining in. As a small child she was hesitant and shy. Having that name would have drawn more attention to her in an unpleasant way for her. And it wouldn't have fit her.

You don't know how your child will be.

Anyway, it was so weird to read your post after I went through this same dilemma 12 years ago! What a ride! Good luck!

Somebody should pin this. I feel like pregnant people always want to come up with these really unique names so their kid doesn’t seem ordinary. But you don’t really know what your kid’s personality will be, and also your kid WILL. be special and unique in their own name, even with the most plain Jane name. (See, for example, Jane Lynch—would anyone call her basic? No. She OWNS that name.). I feel lke a baby’s name should be like a basic black dress—she’ll be wearing it every day for the rest of her life so you want it to be something she can make her own as she grows into it.

So lame. I have a #1 name from the year I was born and I can’t stand it. It’s a basic b name and I don’t own it because everyone else is named the same. Wish my mom had named me something more unique or had been even the least bit creative. There’s nothing to grow into because it’s a lame, common name.

Listen, Sarah, get yourself some help. Your name does not define you.

This also applies to names like Moxie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can you? Sure.

Should you? Absolutely not.

This is my instinct but I saw earlier in the thread you also liked the name Mary but were worried it was too religious or basic. I think you should name your daughter Mary and if she seems like a Moxie when she's small use that as a nickname. She'll either grow up introducing herself to everyone as Moxie or decide she wants to be Mary in school/professionally and/or keep Moxie only as a cute family pet name. If she turns out not to be a Moxie kind of kid, Mary is a nice versatile name I don't think people use enough these days! FWIW it doesn't read as especially religious to me.

Mary is a nice simple name, a little old-fashioned, but that's okay. It's definitely religious to me though.

[Anonymous]

If you love it, you love it. There are many advantages for a women to have a gender-unidentifiable name on a resume.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you okay with naming your baby after a soda?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie

I was at Lake Moxie this summer. I’d say go for it if you have ties to Maine.